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Article:		Setting Up an 802.11b Home Wireless Network
Subject:		WLAN Hardware -Belkin and 3com
Date:		2003-03-23 11:14:44
From:		ps13

My trusty 3com AirConnect access point finally expired the other day. There's not a lot to go wrong with them so it came as a bit of a surprise - however the environment that its been working in has been decidely unfriendly. I've replaced it with a Belkin F5D6230-3 today and the old AirConnect pc cards seem to work fine. In theory I shouldn't be surprised as both systems are the same standard but I was half expecting some grief between manufacturers - especially as the AirConnect was an early model. If anyone can get a Belkin pcmcia wireless card (F5D6020 [ver.2]) to work with ANY Linux distro I'd like to here from them. Price is interesting; 2-3yrs ago the AirConnect starter kit cost > �1000 (incl 3 pcmcia cards) AND I had to buy a firewall/router/NAT device which cost a further �100, the Belkin came in at �130 (no cards though)and that included the firewall.

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WLAN Hardware -Belkin
2003-07-07 13:02:53 egork [View]

Hi, I just have managed to set up this card with Mandrake 9.1. I had to download and compile new driver though.
I have descirbed the process here: http://kobylkin.com/linux.htm#wirel